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16. To William Battkat of Aberdeen, North Britain, manufacturiniv 



chemist, for an invention of " certain improvements in the manufacture of 

 the preparations called gelatine size and glue." — 12th July 1838. 



17. To Henry Count de Crony, of the Province of Picardy, in the 

 kingdom of France, now residing at No. 14 Cambridge Street, Edgeware 

 Road, in the county of Middlesex, for an invention of " a new and impro- 

 ved method of filtration," communicated partly by a foreigner and partly 

 invented bv himself.— 13th July 1838. 



18. To Francis Pope of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, fancy 

 iron- worker, for an invention of " certain improvements for making or 

 manufacturing pins, bolts, nails, and rivets, applicable to various useful 

 purposes." — 13th July 1838. 



lU. To Bennet VVoodcroi't of Mumps, in the township of Oldham, in 

 the county of Lancaster, gentleman, for an invention of " improvements in 

 the construction of looms for weaving various sorts of cloths, which looms 

 may be set in motion by any adequate power." — 19th July 1838. 



20. To Charles Bourjot, of Coleman Street, in the city of London, mer- 

 chant, in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner 

 residing abroad, for an invention of " improvements in the manufacture of 

 iron."— 19th July 1838. 



21. To Jean Leandre Clement of Rochfort, in the kingdom of France, 

 but now of Jauuey's Hotel, Leicester Square, in the county of Middlesex, 

 gentleman, for an invention of " improvements in apparatus for ascertain- 

 ing and indicating the rate of vessels passing through the water." — 19th 

 July 1838. 



22. To Nicholas Thomas Raper of Greek Street, Soho, in the county 

 of Middlesex, gentleman, for an invention of " improvements in rendering 

 fabrics and leather water-proof." — 19th July 1838. 



23. To Luke Hebert of High Street, Camden Town, in the county of 

 Middlesex, patent agent, in consequence of a communication from a foreign- 

 er residing abroad, for an invention of " a new and improved method or 

 methods of uniting or soldering metallic substances." — 19th July 1838. 



24. To Joseph Bennet of Turnlee, near Glossop, in the county of Derby, 

 cotton-spinner, for an invention of " certain improvements in machinery for 

 carding wool, cotton, flax, or other fibrous substances, which are or may be 

 carded, part of which improvements are also applicable to machinery for 

 drawing, doubling, roving, and spinning such fibrous substances as are or 

 may be subjected to their operations." — 26th July 1838. 



25. To Richard March Hoe, late of New York, in the United States of 

 America, but now residing at the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery Lane, in 

 the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, in consequence of a communication 

 made to him from Dr H. H. Sherwood, of New York aforesaid, a foreigner 

 residing abroad, for an invention of " a new or improved instrument or ap- 

 paratus for ascertaining and determining the latitude or longitude of any 

 place, or the situation of ships or other vessels at sea, and the dip or varia- 

 tion of the magnetic needle, which new or improved instrument he intends 

 to denominate Sherwood's Magnetic Geometer. — 26th July 1838. 



26. To Richard March Hoe, late of New York, in the United States of 

 America, but now residing at the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery Lane, in 

 the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, for an invention of " certain im- 

 provements in machinery or apparatus for giinding and polishing metal sur- 

 faces."— 28th July 1838. 



27. To William Barnett of Brighton, in the county of Essex, iron- 

 founder, for an invention of " certain improvements in the production of 

 motive power, and in the manufacture of iron." — 31st July 1838. 



28. To Richard Badnall of Cotton Hall, in the county of Stafford, 

 gentleman, for an invention of " a certain improvement in the manufacture 

 of carpets and other similar woven fabrics, which improvement is effected 

 by the introduction of a certain article of commerce not hitherto so em- 

 ployed or used in such manufactures." — 31st July 1838. 



29. To Richard Treffry of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, 

 chemist, for an invention of " certain improvements in the methods for 

 preserving certain animal and vegetable substances from decay, and also ia 



